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Darnold Wood

✦ Ancient woodland17 ha

📷 Julian P Guffogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome17 ha

Getting here

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kingfisher and Chiffchaff
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kingfisher and Chiffchaff
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Magpie +89 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Magpie +89 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Scenic Green Trail Stage 3Walking route8.8 km

Named routeRef SGT3Length 8.8 kmLocal walking route

Scenic Green Trail Stage 4Walking route12 km

Named routeRef SGT4Length 12 kmLocal walking route

Greensand WayWalking route

Named routeRef GWRegional walking route

Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km

Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route

Len Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 178Cycling route

Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

36,920 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

36,920 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

autumnwinter

2025

Fieldfare · Kingfisher · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Cormorant +52

FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SnipeGallinago gallinago
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SiskinSpinus spinus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Mute SwanCygnus olor
JackdawColoeus monedula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
RavenCorvus corax
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Little OwlAthene noctua
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
JayGarrulus glandarius
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
House SparrowPasser domesticus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

36,920 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

autumnwinter

2025

Fieldfare · Kingfisher · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Cormorant +52

FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SnipeGallinago gallinago
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SiskinSpinus spinus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Mute SwanCygnus olor
JackdawColoeus monedula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
RavenCorvus corax
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Little OwlAthene noctua
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
JayGarrulus glandarius
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
House SparrowPasser domesticus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Julian P Guffogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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